" High in color and dense, the 2018 red impresses while retaining crisp tannins. A wine to decant and to serve at the table." (Le Guide RVF 2023) A concentrated, vinous cuvée from a sunny vintage, made with 40% whole bunches. Enjoy it with a fine piece of meat!
Features
Estate
Domaine Paul Prieur & Fils
Vintage
2018
Designation
Sancerre
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
Pinot Noir
Terroirs
Clay-limestone, below "Les Pichons".
Viticulture
In conversion to organic farming
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
40% whole harvest
Breeding
15 months (50% 228 L barrels and 50% wooden vats 26.5 HL and 33 HL)
Alcohol content
15%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Deep garnet colour
Nose
Deep, ripe black berries
Mouth
Concentrated ripe fruit and tannins, freshness, beautiful vinous substance
Serve
AT 15-17°C
Open
1h before decanting
Drink before
2028
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with red meats, small game, well-aged cheeses...
Domaine Paul Prieur & Fils
Sancerre
Expert opinion
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated wine (guide 2021) 90/100 Favorite
Domaine rated (guide 2023) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winemakers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the wine:
Highly colored and dense, the 2018 red impresses while retaining crisp tannins. A wine to be decanted and served at the table.
About the domain :
Philippe Prieur and his nephew, Luc, continue the work of ten generations at this Verdigny estate. The vines are spread over the caillottes and terres blanches of Verdigny and Chavignol (notably on the legendary Monts Damnés hillside) and the flints of Thauvenay, near the Loire. These meticulous winemakers make every effort to refine the definition of their sauvignons and pinots noirs (conversion to organic farming in 2019, reduction of sulfites in the wines, indigenous yeasts for the reds...). It's the kind of talk that goes hand in hand with carefully-crafted, precise wines, without the exotic, modern, boring character we find in many of the whites of the new Sancerre generation. The "simple" Sancerre is a case in point.
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